Comment by etempleton

Here is the other problem: By summer 2011 the iPhone 4 had been out 6 months and the iPad for over a year. The iPhone 4 was when the iPhone felt mature from both an hardware and software perspective. Apple was executing at perhaps the highest level they have ever executed at.

Palm would have had to execute perfectly and pray that Apple and Google made a colossal mistake. Google did with tablets, but neither Google nor Apple really left much room for others in the Phone space. Ask Microsoft.